Children's National Health System is vying for 13.2 acres on the Walter Reed campus for a new Walter Reed Children's Research Institute. The land is currently slated to be conveyed to the State Department.

City of Davis voters have shown their distaste for new subdivisions, soundly rejecting two residential projects in the last 10 years. City officials and developers are hoping residents may be more accepting of one or more research parks that have been proposed at sites just outside of the city.

A number of big developer names are working on three suggestions of how to bring an "innovation center" for business to Davis. The City Council is set to discuss each proposal at two meetings next week.